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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
JZG	Counting Songs (109* d)	RE: Counting Songs	28 May 99
"Eeny meeny miney mo" may not function as a counting song, but I'm told those first four words are indeed counting words, corresponding to "one, two, three, four" in an archaic British dialect (a system used for counting sheep, I believe). Perhaps historically-inclined UK correspondents will know more ... Anyway, I assume that means some version of the rhyme predates the "original" racist second line, which I assume must have come from America? Jonathan

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